An integrated approach to characterize the interaction between coastal morphodynamics, geomorphological setting and human interventions on the Mediterranean beaches of northwestern Morocco

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 334-344

  El Mrini, A ^a   Maanan, M ^a   Anthony, E J ^b   Taaouati, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Headlands and bays; Human impact; Morocco; Morphodynamics; Sediment cells; Tetouan coast; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; WAVE ENERGY;

MOROCCO; TANGER-TETOUAN; TETOUAN;

EID: 84866267260     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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